Identifying strategies that promote communicative competence in senior language learners

Abstract

The present qualitative investigation is an action research inquiry aimed at the identification of the strategies of communication that a group of senior language learners uses while learning and interacting in the English language. The action research approach of inquiry allows going through different stages of analysis and study, therefore, it was possible to plan, implement and observe while the group learned and communicated in the target language. The results of the study show the communication strategies that senior language learners use and how they use them. This study might be a starting point for further investigations focused on senior adult language learners, a fast growing group, as population trends show. The study finishes with recommendations on how to help senior adult language learners achieve their goals of developing better communication in the target language.”